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Few people remember third place. Whether in sport, science or business, there's little glory attached to the bronze medal. But two multinational giants, BlackBerry and Microsoft, are straining to be the third player in the burgeoning smart phone market.The latest figures from IDC, an industry analyst, show a rapidly expanding global market for this new generation of mobile phones. Over 216-million handsets were shipped during the first three months of 2013, an increase of over 40% compared with the same ...
After merging into one company last year, Youku Tudou further established itself as China’s top online video business with its two sites. Combining user-generated videos and licensed movies and TV shows, Youku and Tudou collectively spent over US$100-million last year on securing the rights to an array of Chinese and overseas streaming content. It’s a significant investment (with studios like Sony Pictures and Warner Bros) in capturing the attention of China’s web users – and it’s a treasure they need ...
It's time to face facts. Samsung isn't going to be usurped from its position on top of the smartphone pile any time soon.In fact, the latest figures from tech research company Gartner suggest that Samsung is still on the rise and that its rival-in-chief Apple has actually lost market share. That, it seems, is largely down to Android gaining further ground, such that three-quarters of all smartphones shipped around the world run the Google-made OS.As the ...
We've all seen this happening over the last few years. People sitting at their favorite coffee shop on their laptop working, people on airplanes working on their tablets, and people standing in queues typing away on their smartphones. We have also seen people typing SMSs while in their cars and talking on their cellphones.Your mobile device is the new office space that you can take with you (almost) everywhere and use at any time. No longer do you need to ...
More and more users are reaching for the mobile devices way before they even switch on their desktops and laptops. Mobile users are looking for everything from restaurant reviews to the fastest route home, banking solutions and nearby exclusive offers and promotions.In turn this means that those mobile searches, mobile apps and mobile websites are all getting that much more traffic. In a really interesting study conducted between April and December 2012 by comScore, mobile users were asked to ...
The inevitable has happened. For the first time in history, smartphones have outsold feature phones.The main force driving the smartphone surge is the emergence of cheap Android handsets from the likes of Huawei, Lenovo and ZTE, something which has seen them displace traditionally strong players such as HTC and BlackBerry at the top of the smartphone ladder.According to research company IDC, smartphone vendors shipped 216.2-million units in the first quarter of 2013, which marked the first time more ...
Nokia today reported its Q1 results for 2013 and while things look good for its Lumia range of smartphones, the company still has some way to go before it's really out of troubled waters.The Finnish communications giant reported net sales of US$7.6-billion (EUR 5.9-billion), down on the US$8.65-billion (EUR 6.6-billion) that analysts were expecting.The company can at least be buoyed by the performance of its Lumia range of smartphones. Most expected it to sell between five and six-million of ...
The European Union's Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, has received another complaint about Google -- this time with regards to how it runs its mobile software business and the Android operating system.The complaint claims that Google's mobile operating system (OS) promotes Google's own products and services on many Android-supported smartphones.The latest Smartphone Platform Market Share shows that Android controls 51.7% of the US market, indicating that its competitors would have ample reason to be upset if they felt Google was ...
Clever move by Facebook. Launching an app on Android that takes over the device and makes it a comfy home for Facebook. And to boot, they called it Facebook Home. Should Google be worried? Should anyone else be concerned for that matter? All these are pertinent questions and the advice ranges from “very”, to “not at all”, for Google and anyone else. Upfront, I am in the “not at all” camp.Facebook Home is Facebook’s latest attempt at gaining significant relevancy, ...
Look, we all know that the PC market isn't in the healthiest place at the moment. And while tablets and smartphones may never completely kill off the PC, they're not about to let it make a comeback.The latest research from tech research company Gartner suggests that they PC market will decline 7.6% this year. This is not a temporary trend induced by a more austere economic environment, it is a reflection of a long-term change in user behavior. And ...
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